This volume presents different international approaches to organise public-private-partnerships (PPP) in research and innovation. Besides the German research programme "Forschungscampus", other partnership models from the USA, Korea, China, Australia, Spain, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Sweden...

We analyze whether the Olympic Games contribute to a process of democratization in the awarded country, as postulated in the cases of the 2008 and 2014 Olympics, controlling for endogeneity issues that may arise if the decision to award host status by the International Olympic Committee is...

Intro -- Early Economic Thought in Spain, 1177-1740 -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Foreword, p. ix -- I. The Middle Ages, p. 1 -- 1. In Concealment of Usury, p. 3 -- 2. Greek Economics in Spain, p. 60 -- II. The Age of Mercantilism, p. 81 -- 3. The School of...

"Over the last decade, Spain has become an emblem of the contradictory relationship between capitalism and housing. During the house-price boom of the 2000s, Spain built homes on an unprecedented scale, with output levels that overshadowed those of every major European economy. Nevertheless,...

Cover -- Title page -- CIP data -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Is ISO 9001? -- Why 9001? -- A Few Words about Certification Bodies -- Getting Going -- Chapter 2: Overview of Your Quality Management System -- The Quality Management Principles...